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Reuma Nea-25, 1930 PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH H.,J'ANOWITCH, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW Y`OB-K salam-COLLAR STIFIENEB Original No. 1,741,311, dated December 31, 1929, Serial No. 288,456, led June 26, 1928. Application for reissue led July 30, 1930. Serial No. 471,906.

This invention relates to collars and c ombination shirts and collars of the negllgee ty e in which stifening elements are proviged'in the collar to prevent the same from turning up at the front thereof.

It is well known that in the present day use of soft collars that the extended points thereof have a tendency to outl up andbecome distorted and wrinkled,'thus detracting from the appearance of the wearer.l i In order to overcome this fault, I have providedjn the collar, stileningelements which will prevent the collar from wririklin or curling up at its points and will maintain it l5 in its proper position.-

A particular object of my invention, therefore, is to also rovide stifening elements which can be quickly and easily removed from the collar preparatory to laundering the It is a further object of my invention to provide stifening elements which are disposed at an angle to the front edgie ofeach end of the collar, as I have found in practice that collar points have a tendency to roll up vertically and, consequently, any reinforcing element that is employed'should be disposed substantially in a vertical position, and

the front edges of thecollar coming together $0 at the top thereof make it necessary that the stiflening elements be disposed at an angle thereto and extend down into the extreme tips of the collar to prevent curling thereof.

A'further object of my invention is to pre-- 35, vent each stiffening element from slipping or working upward, backward or sidewise and away from or out of the lower cornerof the collar so as to allow that corner to roll or curl up out of proper position.

A still further object of my invention is to give the lower portion ofthe stiffening element such a form that it will normally eX- tend down substantially to the point or tip of the collar or to the edge stitching at or near that point.

A still further object of my invention is to accomplish the last mentioned object by curving one side of the stifening element so '5o that it will form a point and at the same time t snugly into the cornerprovided by the seams sewn at the edge of the collar.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a curved upper edge on the stiffening element which will ft the contour of the folded portion of the collar, seati-ng snug'- ly therein, in which positionit willbe prevented from becoming displaced during wear or while the collar is in its folded position.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully 60 comprehend the underlying features of my invention, that they may embody the same in the various modifications in structure and relation contemplated, adrawing depicting a referred formhas'been annexed as a part 65 o this disclosure, and in such drawing similar reference characters denoteI correspondinparts throughout all the views, of which,

lgure 1 is a View in front elevation of a shirt and collar, the latter of which maybe detachable, if desired, showing a preferred embodiment of my invention.

FigureQ is a view similar to Figure 1 with the exception that one side f the collar is turned up to illustrate how the stiii'ening ele-` ments may be removed when the collar is to be laundered, and

Figure 3 is a view in elevation o'f a preferred form of one of the stiifening elements, illustrating the curvature of the upper and lower ends thereof which adapt i1; for. its proper functioning in the collar.

Referring lto the drawings in detail, 5 'inldicates a shirt of the negligee type to which may be permanently or temporarily secured, the soft collar 6. Such a soft collar, as is well known, is usually bound on its bottom and end'edges, as at 7 by lines of sewing, the sewing extending as at 8 into the points 9 of tliecollar, these points being substantially extended to enhance the appearance of the collar and to partlycover the tie knot.

I am quite aware that other stiffening' elements have been employed in connection with collars, but they have been placed either exteriorly of the plies of the collar in apocket provided for that purpose or they have been placed in the collar vertically alongside the edge thereof, or they have been setiurther back from the edge in vertical relation thereto. I have also 'found that the rolling up f the points of the collar takes place 1n a ,Velt-ical direction, and consequently 1t 1s necewary to reinforce the collar along ver- 5 tical lims, and, to this end, I have provided -the position shown in Fig. l, while the lower portions of the strips lie between the outer and inner plies of the collar, so that there is an inward pressure by the inner ply against the upper portions of the strips, and an outl' pressure by that ply against the lower POI- tions of the strips, which conditions pl'OdllCe a binding relation between the strips and the plies of the collar, tending to hold the StllpS down in place. These strips at thelr lower ends are preferably curved as a M O prOVlfle blunt-ed or reduced points l5 WhlCh are a1- ranged to fit into the corl2 r POCketS PIOVlded by themeeting lines of sewlng 7 at the polnt 9 of the collar. The upper ends of the strip 13 preferably are rounded as at 16 so that f they will t the contour of the point of fold of. the collar; and it is quite evident from inspectlion of Figure 2 that when a strip mema'ber isin' place and the collar folded over, the *'upperend 16 of the strip will lie snugly between the folded over portion and .the collarv band and the strip will be prevented, by the pressure between the folded over portion and 40 the band, from working up or becomingdisplaced, and can only be removed when the collar is opened up, as illustrated.

Itis evident also that the strips 13 are disposed at an angle relatively'to the front I edge of the collar so that they are 'in approx- .imately vertical planes above the collar points, and parallel to each other when the vcollar is in place, which arrangement Willpre- ,vent the rolling of the collar points or twistin or distortion of any part of the collar adjacent to the front thereof.

This plan of stiffening the points of a-soft collar permits that to be done without making any s ecia-l changes in the collaritself be-- yond orming a slit in the inner ply of each end of the collar; it being quite unnecessary to form any special pockets, by stitching, or by the use of applied textile strips, to hold the stifeners in position; or to close the upper eo ends of any such pockets; for it is evident that, when a sti'ener is pushed down through one of the slits to a collar point, it can not be displaced laterally unless it is pushed upward in the slit, and that, if its upward Inovement is prevented by the way it is held de tachably by the slit and the plies of the col'- lar and the pressure between the neckband and the folded over part of the collar, the tip will not'curl up or bend out of place.

The presence of atie, as commonly Worn, in

the collar, also creates a further impediment to the working upward of the stiii'ener; because it tends to push the turned over part ofthe collar away from the band and to cause more pressure upon the upper end of thestii'- ener, and, also, to bend or slightly roll the upper portionof the turned over part so that its material `will curve inward'x over the endV of the stifener and prevent itspupward movement.

Furthermore, the fact that the ends of the y p collar are left 'flexible above their points, through an upwardly expandin width between the edges and the diagona l disposed stilfeners, leaves the edges free to a just themselves to the knot of a tie wor'n under theforcing the points of collars, which vwill not interefere with the laundering thereof in the usual way as the strips may be removed before and reinserted after laundering.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of partieularity, I realize that in practice various alterations therein may be made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing the form of the .details of construction, or otherwise Aal- /tering the arrangement of the correlated parts, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims. f

Having thus described my invention what I claimas new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a soft collar comprising a plurality of plies of material having extended front points and stitched together by lines of stitching meeting at an acute angle at the points, and slits in the inner ply of the collar material spaced from lthe front ends of the collar and also spaced from the folded edge thereof, of stiifening `strip `meinbers insertible between the inner and outer 'plies .of the collar material through said slits said strip members having their lower ends curved at one side to form a point for fitting into Athe pocket, formed by the4 meeting of lines of sewing at the front points of the collar andhaving the upper ends rounded to closely fit into and conform to the shape of the folded ed e of the collar, and

said strip members exten ing into the pointsof the collar and belng disposed in a direction opposing a curling action of Said points.

2. The combina-tion with a soft collar comprising a plurality of plies of material havlng extended front points and stitched t0- .gether by lines of stitching meeting at an .between the inner' and outer plies of the col lar material through said openings, said strip members having their lower ends curved at one side to form a point for fitting into the pocket, formed by the meeting of lines of sewing at the front points of the collar, said strip members extending into the points of the collar and being disposed in a direction opposing a curling action of said points, and said strip' members being ofsuch length as to extend from the points of the collar through said openings and approximately-to the folded edge thereof.

3. The combination with a soft collar comprising a plurality of plies of material having extended front points and stitched together by lines of stitching meeting at acute angles at the points, andslits in the inner ply of the 'collar material spaced .from the front ends of the collar and also spaced from the folded edge thereof, of stiening strip mem- 'bers insertible between .the inner and outer plies of the collarfmaterialthrough said slits,`

` their lower-'ends being formed to. extend substantially t'o said 'angles at the points ofthe collar, and their upperends-extending aboye. the slits, said strips being held against upward displacement by the pressure of the elements of the collar against them.'

4. The combination with a soft collar compris'ing a plurality of plies of material and slits, their lower ends being formed to extend substantially to said angles at the points of the collar and their upper ends extending above the slits, said strips being held against upward displacement by the pressure of the elements of the collar againstthem, the collar ends being left flexibleand yielding bctween the stifened points and the neck band through a widening distance from their stiffenedpoints up to the said slits.

In testimony whereof I atlix'my sifrnature.

.JOSEPH H. JANowcH.

having extended 'acute-angled points at its l ends and provided with a slit in the inner ply spacedinward from each end of the collar and downward from the foldd edge, and

lying in a substantially vertical plane above the point of the' collar when being worn, of

' stiifening strip members extending partially through said slits, and between plies of the lcollar substantially to, the tips, Ithe lower ends of .the strips being formed tot into the points of the collar and their upper ends ying outside of said slits, such strips being' detachably -held against lupward movement the slits and the elements of the collar. 5. TheA combinationlwith a soft collar com-v lng exten ed front points and stitched togther by lines of stitching meeting atjacute angles at the points, and slit-'sin the innery plly of the collar material s aced` fromthe ont ends of'the collar and a so spaced from I the folded-edge thereof,- of stiiening stripv members insertible between the inner and outer plies of the' collar material through said-y prising a lurality of plies of material.hav 

